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Trump's DIESEL with Putin draws bipartisan criticism from a frustrated Congress

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image (not from below article) from  diesel By LISA MASCARO  PBS October 13, 2026 5:46 PM EDT see also   WASHINGTON (AP) — The House speaker stood before Donald Trump during his first term at the White House and pointed a finger, declaring that with this president, “All roads lead to Putin.” The stark assessment years ago from Nancy Pelosi echoed anew after Trump’s surprise announcement last week that he struck a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to import tons of Russian diesel to the U.S. as a way to ease sky-high prices at the pumps for Americans ahead of the midterm elections. Trump’s diesel deal with Putin has been criticized by both Republicans and Democrats as fueling Russia’s war against Ukraine, violating existing U.S. laws and drawing the U.S. closer to Russia. It joins a growing list of instances in which the Republican president has sided with Putin, often at the expense of Ukraine — and America’s own standing. “The harm to the Ukrainians is real...
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Ukraine Says It Received No Intelligence About Strikes 2 Nights in a Row

Asked about apparent U.S. threats to cut off intelligence sharing with Kyiv, which can warn of Russian aerial attacks, President Trump said information continued to flow./  A resident collecting belongings from an apartment building that was struck in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday.Mauricio Lima for The New York Times/  By Constant Méheut and Carlotta Gall/  Constant Méheut reported from Kyiv, Ukraine, and Carlotta Gall from Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine./  Oct. 13, 2026 Updated 5:17 p.m. ET/  Ukraine said it received no warning from its Western partners before a Russian missile attack against Kyiv on Tuesday night, after reporting earlier in the day that it had gotten no intelligence about a round of strikes the night before./  The news raised fears in Ukraine that the Trump administration had made good on apparent threats to cut off intelligence sharing that includes alerts of such attacks, even as both U.S. and Ukrainian officials asserted that intelligence c...
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Trump Gives Putin a Hand in Russia’s Economic War With Ukraine

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President Trump is moving to buy Russian diesel while also pressuring Ukraine to halt attacks on refineries, a lifeblood of Moscow’s war machine.  Smoke rising from fires at an oil refinery after what the authorities said was a Ukrainian drone strike in Moscow last month. Credit... Reuters By Constant Méheut Reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine Oct. 12, 2026 The New York Times JB -- SEE ALSO With the front lines largely frozen, Russia and Ukraine have turned the war into a contest of economic endurance. Kyiv has gone after Russia’s oil refineries. Moscow has hit Ukraine’s ports and heavy industries . On Friday, President Trump sided with Russia in this all-important battle. The American leader announced a deal to buy Russian diesel fuel and stepped up pressure on Ukraine to stop striking Russian refineries. The diesel agreement, if it goes ahead, could send some $4 billion of American money into the Russian economy, energy experts said. A halt to refinery strikes, if Ukraine accedes to o...
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